With the wound still fresh after a quick, painful exit from the postseason, the Wild’s internal evaluation commenced Friday.

The organization began the process of trying to ascertain how things went so south once the calendar turned to April. And it began looking ahead to pertinent offseason questions.

The biggest seems to have been affirmed.

Indications from inside the organization even less than an hour after the Chicago Blackhawks eliminated the Wild on Thursday night were that both General Manager Chuck Fletcher and coach Mike Yeo were safe.

Wild officials met Friday, and following that sitdown, the team sent word to the local media that Fletcher and Yeo would together be available for end-of-the-season interviews Saturday.

That’s a sign both will be back.

Fifteen minutes after the Wild was tossed from the playoffs, captain Mikko Koivu, who had no points for a team that scored seven goals in five games, said he didn’t believe Yeo should take the brunt of the blame for the team’s playoff exit.

“This series is about us not scoring goals,” Koivu said. “That’s the difference. That’s not coaching. It’s the players on the ice.”

Fletcher’s offseason to-do list is extensive.

The questions include: Who’s next season’s No. 1 goalie? Can the Wild add proven finishers, bigger bodies and more speed to a lineup with limited salary-cap flexibility? Is there a way to improve the blue line? And which players end up moving on this summer?

“There’s always changes,” Zach Parise said as he stared dejectedly into the floor of the United Center visitors’ locker room Thursday night. “You don’t know. That’s the way this thing works.”

With the salary cap decreasing almost $7 million, the Wild has only $9 million to play with. As much as this season proved yet again that the Wild still lacks natural scorers, Priority No. 1 will be to determine next year’s No. 1 goalie.

Injuries hit Backstrom

Niklas Backstrom’s contract expires June 30. Josh Harding’s unpredictable health situation — he was diagnosed this season with multiple sclerosis — makes it impossible to enter next season assuming he will be No. 1. Similarly, the Wild’s not about to appoint young Darcy Kuemper No. 1.

Backstrom is the Wild’s all-time leader in victories (184), shutouts (28) and games (369) and ranks second with a 2.43 goals-against average and .917 save percentage.

The problem is he is 35 and injuries the past few years have hit his groin, hips and one of his ankles. He was unable to play this postseason because of a sports hernia.

Backstrom, who tied for the league lead with 24 victories, struggled down the stretch, although he might have been playing hurt. Sports hernias typically occur over time, not because of one harmless-looking reach in warmups.